Live Nation Entertainment Inc. confirmed that the road to its controversial settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice went all the way to the White House in a New York federal court filing that leaves many questions unanswered about a deal Democrats have cast as corrupt and failed to mollify state enforcers.
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Live Nation Discloses White House Involvement In DOJ Deal

By Bryan Koenig

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. confirmed that the road to its controversial settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice went all the way to the White House in a New York federal court filing that leaves many questions unanswered about a deal Democrats have cast as corrupt and failed to mollify state enforcers.

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Ill. Feds Drop More Charges For Grand Jury 'Irregularities'

By Celeste Bott

A third federal prosecution has unraveled over "serious irregularities" in grand jury proceedings at Chicago's federal courthouse, with U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros personally moving Monday to permanently dismiss arson charges against four defendants after improper communications between a prosecutor and grand jurors came to light.

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States, Ex-IRS Officials Want Trump-IRS Deal Scrutinized

By Hailey Konnath

A coalition of 23 states and a group of former high-level Internal Revenue Service officials have pressed a Florida federal court to reopen Donald Trump's suit against the IRS and carefully scrutinize the resulting settlement, arguing that the litigation was "colored by fraud from the beginning."

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ENFORCEMENT

$8.5M Utility Service Fraud Nets 7.5-Year Sentence In Chicago

By Lauraann Wood

A Chicago man received more than seven years in federal prison Tuesday for leading a roughly $8.5 million fraud scheme in which he used false identifying information to sign thousands of city residents up to receive gas and electric services they didn't know were fraudulent.

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Claritev Says It Wasn't Target Of Criminal Antitrust Probe

By Matthew Perlman

Healthcare data firm Claritev said the U.S. Department of Justice is ending a grand jury investigation of potential antitrust violations in the health insurance space and is not targeting the company with a criminal probe.

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LITIGATION

Navistar, Truck Buyers Face Off In Trial Over Delayed Order

By Susan Smiley

Tuesday's opening statements in a trial over two companies' claims that truck manufacturer Navistar's delay of a bulk order cost them millions saw each side's counsel give a Michigan federal jury a meticulous description of the delivery contract in question — and their vastly different interpretations of it.

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States Challenge Arctic Leasing Over Birds, Climate Change

By Crystal Owens

Fourteen states are backing challenges to the Trump administration's decision to open up oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, telling the court that the seismic exploration will harm migratory birds and increase greenhouse gas emissions that already contribute to climate change.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Drawing A Line Between Settlement Pressure And Extortion

U.S. v. Luo, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, may force courts to address anew when settlement negotiations become criminal extortion, particularly in the age of easily fabricated digital evidence, says attorney Denis Kiely.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

Lawyers are generally happy being lawyers, but nonequity partners and associates told Law360 Pulse that several aspects of their job leave them feeling dissatisfied. Explore our analysis of these and other findings in the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction survey.

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Bonus Spotlight

Axinn Giving $25K Bonuses As Glenn Agre Matches Milbank

By Tracey Read

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP will match the Milbank LLP base pay scale for associates, while Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP — which was already paying above-market salaries — will hand out special summer bonuses of up to $25,000, the boutiques told Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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LA Superior Court Gains Prominence With 'Nuclear' Verdicts

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Los Angeles County Superior Court was among the country's top sites for awarding big civil damages in recent years, according to a Lex Machina report.

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NC Becomes First State To Ban Outside Funding Of Civil Suits

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina has become the first state in the country to ban outside investors from funding civil litigation, after Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law a bill that outlaws third parties from footing the bill for civil suits in exchange for a cut of the payout at the finish line.

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Calif. Judge Restores Immigration Courthouse Arrest Limits

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Tuesday vacated the Trump administration's policies on civil arrests at immigration courthouses, restoring limits on those arrests and finding that the government didn't adequately explain its policy shift.

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NY Rule Rewrite Drops 30-Day Pause For Atty Soliciting

By Emily Sawicki

New York's Appellate Division has adopted new rules of professional conduct on attorney advertising and solicitation, deleting a ban on soliciting clients less than 30 days after an incident.

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Judicial Noms Still Say Biden Won In 2020 — Technically

By Courtney Bublé

A group of judicial nominees, who earlier this month were the first of the Trump administration's nominees to say President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, reiterated in follow-up statements that Biden won the election "as a matter of law" — doubling down on what critics say is an equivocation on the election's outcome.

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Judge Who Denied Goldstein Retrial Says It Wasn't Close Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidates his claims of issues with jury instructions and insufficient or excluded evidence.

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Texas Judge Tosses Buzbee Firm's Jay-Z Conspiracy Suits

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas state court has handed a win to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Mississippi law firm, which sought dismissal of claims that they conspired with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against Houston personal injury firm The Buzbee Law Firm and two of its former clients.

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Ex-AT&T Counsel Charged Over Disclosing Privileged Info

By Sue Reisinger

A former in-house attorney for AT&T, accused of leaking privileged information to opposing counsel while seeking a share of financial gains from a lawsuit filed 18 years ago against the company, has been charged with violating attorney professional conduct rules.

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Judge Allows Brazil To Join Trump Suit Against Justice

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday allowed Brazil to intervene in a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders but deferred ruling on Brazil's motion to dismiss the suit.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Axinn Veltrop

Bessenyey & Van

Boies Schiller

Bradley Arant

Brito PLLC

Buzbee Law Firm

Cheronis & Parente

Coblentz Patch

Cravath Swaine

DLA Piper

Dordick Law

Faegre Drinker

Foley Hoag

Gelber Schachter

Gibson Dunn

Glenn Agre

Greenberg Gross

Kasowitz LLP

Kienbaum Hardy

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

MJ Legal PA

Milbank LLP

Munger Tolles

Parris Law Firm

Parry Law PLLC

Quinn Emanuel

Rosenblum Schwartz

Sidley Austin

Sullivan & Cromwell

Winston Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Aetna Inc.

Agri Stats Inc.

Ahern Rentals Inc.

American Bar Association

American Tort Reform Association

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Claremont McKenna College

Claritev

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Earthjustice

Fortress Investment Group LLC

Gawker Media LLC

George Washington University

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Johnson & Johnson

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Milwaukee Bucks

Murphy & Associates Inc.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Native American Rights Fund Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Navistar International Corp.

New York State Bar Association

Nicor Gas Co.

Nike Inc.

North Carolina Justice Center

Pennzoil

RELX PLC

ROC Nation LLC

RealPage Inc.

Sierra Club

Starbucks Corp.

StubHub Inc.

Tegna Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

The New York Times Co.

The State University of New York

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

California Attorney General's Office

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

New York State Unified Court System

North Carolina General Assembly

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

Washington Attorney General's Office